Destruction of fisheries in Africa's lakes (original) (raw)

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• Published: 02 May 1985
• R. Dorit2,
• P.H. Greenwood3,
• G. Fryer4,
• N. Hughes5,
• P.B.N. Jackson6,
• H. Kawanabe7,
• R.H. Lowe-McConnell8,
• M. Nagoshi9,
• A.J. Ribbink6,
• E. Trewavas3,
• F. Witte10 &
• …
• K. Yamaoka11

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The introduction of the Nile perch into Lake Victoria, East Africa, has had disastrous consequences. Fisheries have been not merely damaged but destroyed. Lake Malawi has the world's most species-rich fish fauna and the prospect of introduction of alien species could mean disaster.

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1. Zoologisch Laboratorium der Rijksuniversiteit Leiden, Kaiserstraat 63, 2300 RA, Leiden, The Netherlands
   C.D.N. Barel
2. Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 02138, USA
   R. Dorit
3. British Museum (Nat. Hist.), Cromwell Road, London, SW7 5BD, UK
   P.H. Greenwood & E. Trewavas
4. Freshwater Biological Association, The Ferry House, Ambleside, Cumbria, LA22 OLP, UK
   G. Fryer
5. Alaska Cooperative Fisheries Research Unit, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, 99701, Alaska, USA
   N. Hughes
6. J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology, Post Bag 1015, Grahamstown, S. Africa
   P.B.N. Jackson & A.J. Ribbink
7. Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Kyoto University, Kyoto, 606, Japan
   H. Kawanabe
8. Streatwick, Streat, Hassocks, Sussex
   R.H. Lowe-McConnell
9. Faculty of Fisheries, Mie University, 2-80 Edobashi, Tsu, 514 MZ, Japan
   M. Nagoshi
10. Haplochromis Ecology Survey Team, Zoologisch Laboratorium der Rijksuniversiteit Leiden, Kaiserstraat 63, 2300 RA, Leiden, The Netherlands
    F. Witte
11. Department of Fisheries, Faculty of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Kyoto, 606, Japan
    K. Yamaoka

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